real estate

/ˈɹiːl əˌsteɪt/

noun

Property that cannot easily be moved, usually buildings and the ground on which they are built.

“They failed to find any investors for the construction of new real estate on the north side.”

Similar
immovable propertypropertyrealtyreal propertyimmovable
Opposite
chattelspersonalty
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Meanings

nounreal estate (uncountable)

alternative real-estate · alternative realestate

  1. uncountableProperty that cannot easily be moved, usually buildings and the ground on which they are built.

    They failed to find any investors for the construction of new real estate on the north side.

    2 more examples

    The "Golden Horseshoe", the commercial and industrial end of Lake Ontario, is the most crowded real estate in Canada.

    1982, J. A. Kraulis, Ontario, page 6

    This used to be real estate / Now it's only fields and trees / Where? Where is the town? / Now it's nothing but flowers

    1988, “(Nothing But) Flowers”, in Naked, performed by Talking Heads
  2. informaluncountableSpace used for a particular purpose.

    Virtual desktops allow you to stretch your screen real estate well beyond its normal size.

    2007, Preston Gralla, Big Book of Windows Hacks

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
immovable propertypropertyrealtyreal property
Opposite
chattelspersonalty

nounproperty consisting of houses and land

Similar
real propertyrealtyimmovable
Broader
propertybelongingsholding
Also see
immovablereal propertyrealty

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Estate that is real, in the legal sense of "relating to immovable tangible property". This sense of the word ultimately goes back to Latin, where reālis could be used similarly.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἔγγειον
  • ἔγγειον (éngeion)property that cannot easily be moved
Arabic عَقَار
  • عَقَار (ʕaqār)property that cannot easily be moved
Bulgarian недви́жима со́бственост
  • недви́жима со́бственост (nedvížima sóbstvenost)property that cannot easily be moved
Catalan béns immobles
  • béns immoblesproperty that cannot easily be moved
Chinese Mandarin 不動產 /不动产, 房地產 /房地产
  • 不動產 /不动产 (bùdòngchǎn)property that cannot easily be moved
  • 房地產 /房地产 (fángdìchǎn)property that cannot easily be moved
  • 地方 (dìfang)space used for a particular purpose
  • 空間 /空间 (kōngjiān)space used for a particular purpose
  • 餘地 /余地 (yúdì)space used for a particular purpose
Czech nemovitost
  • nemovitostproperty that cannot easily be moved
Danish fast ejendom
  • fast ejendomproperty that cannot easily be moved
Dutch onroerend goed, immobiliën
  • onroerend goedproperty that cannot easily be moved
  • immobiliënproperty that cannot easily be moved
  • vastgoedproperty that cannot easily be moved
Esperanto nemoveblaĵoj
  • nemoveblaĵojproperty that cannot easily be moved
Estonian kinnisvara
  • kinnisvaraproperty that cannot easily be moved
Finnish kiinteistö, maaomaisuus
  • kiinteistöproperty that cannot easily be moved
  • maaomaisuusproperty that cannot easily be moved
  • tilaspace used for a particular purpose
  • aluespace used for a particular purpose
French immobilier, bien immobilier
  • immobilierproperty that cannot easily be moved
  • bien immobilierproperty that cannot easily be moved
German unbewegliche Sache, Immobilie
  • unbewegliche Sacheproperty that cannot easily be moved
  • Immobilieproperty that cannot easily be moved
  • Spielraumspace used for a particular purpose
  • Platzspace used for a particular purpose
Greek ακίνητο, ακίνητη περιουσία
  • ακίνητο (akínito)property that cannot easily be moved
  • ακίνητη περιουσία (akíniti periousía)property that cannot easily be moved
  • διαθέσιμος χώρος (diathésimos chóros)space used for a particular purpose
  • χώρος (chóros)space used for a particular purpose
Hebrew נכסי דלא ניידי, נדל״ן
  • נכסי דלא ניידי (nikhséi deló naydéy)property that cannot easily be moved
  • נדל״ן (nadlán)property that cannot easily be moved
  • נדל״ן (nadlán)space used for a particular purpose
Hindi भू-संपदा, अचल संपत्ति
  • भू-संपदा (bhū-sampdā)property that cannot easily be moved
  • अचल संपत्ति (acal sampatti)property that cannot easily be moved
  • स्थावर संपत्ति (sthāvar sampatti)property that cannot easily be moved
Hungarian ingatlan
  • ingatlanproperty that cannot easily be moved
Icelandic fasteign
  • fasteignproperty that cannot easily be moved
Indonesian lahan yasan, real estat
  • lahan yasanproperty that cannot easily be moved
  • real estatproperty that cannot easily be moved
Italian bene immobile
  • bene immobileproperty that cannot easily be moved
Japanese 不動産
  • 不動産 (fudōsan)property that cannot easily be moved
Korean 부동산
  • 부동산 (budongsan)property that cannot easily be moved
Latin rēs solī
  • rēs solīproperty that cannot easily be moved
Latvian nekustamais īpašums
  • nekustamais īpašumsproperty that cannot easily be moved
Lithuanian nekilnojamasis turtas
  • nekilnojamasis turtasproperty that cannot easily be moved
Malay hartanah, harta tanah
  • hartanahproperty that cannot easily be moved
  • harta tanahproperty that cannot easily be moved
Norwegian Bokmål fast eiendom
  • fast eiendomproperty that cannot easily be moved
Polish nieruchomość, plac
  • nieruchomośćproperty that cannot easily be moved
  • placspace used for a particular purpose
Portuguese bem imóvel, imóvel
  • bem imóvelproperty that cannot easily be moved
  • imóvelproperty that cannot easily be moved
Romanian imobil
  • imobilproperty that cannot easily be moved
Russian недви́жимость
  • недви́жимость (nedvížimostʹ)property that cannot easily be moved
Slovak nehnuteľnosť
  • nehnuteľnosťproperty that cannot easily be moved
Spanish bienes inmuebles, bienes raíces
  • bienes inmueblesproperty that cannot easily be moved
  • bienes raícesproperty that cannot easily be moved
  • arraigoproperty that cannot easily be moved
  • fincaproperty that cannot easily be moved
  • bien inmueblespace used for a particular purpose
  • bien raízspace used for a particular purpose
Swedish fast egendom, fastighet
  • fast egendomproperty that cannot easily be moved
  • fastighetproperty that cannot easily be moved
Tagalog pingkas
  • pingkasproperty that cannot easily be moved
Thai อสังหาริมทรัพย์
  • อสังหาริมทรัพย์ (à-sǎng-hǎa-rí-má-sáp)property that cannot easily be moved
Turkish emlak, gayrimenkul
  • emlakproperty that cannot easily be moved
  • gayrimenkulproperty that cannot easily be moved
Ukrainian нерухо́мість
  • нерухо́мість (neruxómistʹ)property that cannot easily be moved
Urdu غَیر مَنْقُولَہ جائِداد, جائِداد
  • غَیر مَنْقُولَہ جائِداد (ġair manqūla jāidād)property that cannot easily be moved
  • جائِداد (jāidād)property that cannot easily be moved
Vietnamese bất động sản, địa ốc
  • bất động sảnproperty that cannot easily be moved
  • địa ốcproperty that cannot easily be moved
  • không gianspace used for a particular purpose
Cite this entry
APA

real estate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/real%20estate

MLA

“real estate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/real%20estate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “real estate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/real%20estate.

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